From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9655 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: What's NOV? Should gnus-nov-is-evil be set to t? Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:47:36 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189680595 13905 80.91.229.12 (13 Sep 2007 10:49:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: info-gnus-english@gnu.org To: Katsumi Yamaoka Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 13 12:49:53 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IVmGe-0002F6-E0 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:49:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IVmGe-0007y8-3R for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:49:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IVmGa-0007wl-Hj for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IVmGY-0007vo-JC for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IVmGY-0007ve-BS for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:49:46 -0400 Original-Received: from ppsw-8.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.138]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IVmGX-0003yF-PU for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:49:46 -0400 X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Original-Received: from accountslaptop.gradunion.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.92.141]:55666 helo=localhost.localdomain) by ppsw-8.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.158]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) id 1IVmG7-0006Lm-Sc (Exim 4.67) (return-path ); Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:49:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Katsumi Yamaoka's message of "Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:15:57 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 Emacs/23.0.50 (20070901) Fedora 7 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:9655 Archived-At: On 2007-09-13 11:15 +0100, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote: >> It looks like Gnus has its own internal format and I have heard that >> it is superior to NOV. So should users set gnus-nov-is-evil to t? > > If you have a nnml group, you can see its .overview file, that is just > NOV. It's a common format that most news servers use when > communicating with clients. It improves the performance. So, > disabling it is not a good idea unless it malfunctions in the server. > See also `nnml-nov-is-evil' and `nntp-nov-is-evil'. Do you think this should go to the manual? Cheers, -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: [ GPG Key: 9283AA3F ] :. => "(require 'cl) considered harmful" considered harmful => http://dto.freeshell.org/blog/blog-2007-09-07-2323.html